Carr faces fraud trial as ex Texas officials go on trial
Jury selection resumes in Dallas federal court for a 12 count mail and wire fraud case against former Texas Attorney General Waggoner Carr and former Insurance Commissioner John Osorio. Novotney pleaded guilty to one count involving a $550 000 loan. remaining counts likely won’t be prosecuted. Carr plans to represent himself with aid from Travis Shelton as he asks jurors for patience and a fair trial in a complex three and a half year case.
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Godfrey Anderson
Associated Press
Dallas
Texas Atty
Waggoner Carr
Texas Insurance
John Osorio
Joe P. Novotney
Frank Sharp
Sharptown State Bank
Novotny
Osorio
Amarillo
U.S. District Court
William M. Taylor Jr
Carr
Travis Shelton
France Air Collision Sparks Western European Airspace Boycott
Airlines halted French skies after a Tuesday collision between Iberia DC9 and Spantax Convair near Abbeville left 68 aboard Iberia dead and 108 aboard Spantax injured or unharmed. The incident spotlighted radar gaps near Nantes and pilot error as the crash cause while air controllers blamed the defense ministry for the strike’s fallout.
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Paris
France
Claude Grigaut
Nantes
Spain
Britain
Stockholm
SAS
Rolf Bandell
Abbeville
Bandell
Canary Islands
Iberia Airlines
Galley
Defense Ministry
IRA bomber threat cancels Ulster National meeting in Downpatrick
CAPSULE BELFAST AP reports Northern Ireland's largest horse race meet, the Ulster National at Downpatrick, canceled after a bomb threat by the Provisional IRA and three hurdles burned. The group claimed it booby trapped the grandstand east of Belfast, delaying opening set for Wednesday.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Provisional
Downpatrick
Price Back On Job Part time in hospital after health update
Congressman Bob Price regained room in Bethesda Naval Hospital general care unit and shows improvement. He underwent tests and treatment in the coronary unit, gradually resuming official duties and limited business. Charles F. Barber of American Smelting and Refining Co. notified plans for a $100 million copper refinery near Amarillo employing about 700 and handling 420000 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Price
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Price
Charles F. Barber
American Smelting and Refining Company
Amarillo
Former Resident J. C. Spurlock Buried in Washington
Funeral services for J. C. Spurlock 54 of Vancouver Washington a former Childress County resident were held today at Batman's Funeral Home in Portland Oregon Burial was in Vancouver Cemetery He died of heart failure Saturday Survivors include his wife Alta son Teddy daughter Roseatta mother Mrs Ellie Spurlock three sisters two brothers and four grandchildren
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J. C. Spurlock
Vancouver
Wash
Childress County
Batman
Portland
Ore
Spurlock
Kirkland
Garden Valley
Alta Hubbard
Oregon- Washington
Alta
Teddy
Roseatta
Ellie Spurlock
Childress
Leona Proffitt
Jackie Willingham
Duncan
Okla
Willie Ellis
Swearingin
Tex
L. H. Spurlock
Wilmer Spurlock
Reedsport
Viet Cong Seeks More Prisoners in Exchange Talks
In Saigon a Viet Cong note asks for the release of one fourth of prisoners of war and demands the second phase of prisoner exchanges be finished by week’s end. Col Dang Van Thu, deputy chief of the VC delegation, questions Saigon’s consent and seeks the exact number of personnel to be handed over to the Provisional Revolutionary Government.
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Associated Press
Saigon
Viet Cong
Dang van Thu
Joint Military Commission
du Quoc Dong
Paris
Thu
Pearl Buck Dies. Nobel and Pulitzer Prize Author
Pearl S. Buck, Nobel and Pulitzer laureate known for works on China, died at her Danby Vermont home at age 80. She passed away around 7:25 a.m. after gall bladder surgery last autumn. Born June 26, 1892, in West Virginia, she grew up in China and learned Chinese before English, reflecting her lifelong connection to China in her writing.
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Danby, Vt
Pearl S. Buck
China
Beverly Drake
Miss Buck
West Virginia
United States
Cotton Harvest Nears End in County Gins
A survey shows the 1972 cotton season may fall short of 31 000 bales in the county’s three gins. Thirty thousand six hundred thirty three bales were ginned with about 250 left in fields. A ginner notes final output depends on producers at last minute.
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Childress
Head Loses Temper at Austin Airport Kicking Glass Door
Police report says Rep. Fred Head D Troup became vexed at Austin Municipal Airport after a second metal detector call. He did not enter the screening area and, while cursing, kicked the exit door breaking the glass and offering to reimburse authorities. He was en route to visit an ill relative.
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Austin
Fred Head
D—Troup
Texas
Head
Austin American
Red Cross Drive Reaches 15 Percent Of Goal
Fifteen per cent of the 4652.00 Red Cross Fund Drive goal has been turned in to date. Gene Frisbie, 1973 chairman, reports downtown business collections and Jaycee participation. Members are urged to donate toward Gold Star Memberships of 25 50 75 and 100. Volunteers should turn in collections to Frisbie or the Red Cross office. The drive runs through March 15.
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Red Cross
Gene Frisbie
Jaycee
Childress County
Frisbie
Mrs. Booker McCraw Found Dead at Home
Childress resident Mrs. Booker McCraw aged in her eighties was found dead in her home at 605 Avenue Eve around 11 a.m. The death is attributed to natural causes. Her body remains at Newberry Funeral Home with services to be announced. Burial will be in Childress Cemetery. She married in Wheeler in 1914 and is survived by a son Joe of Brownfield and three grandchildren.
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Booker McCraw
Childress
Avenue
Newberry Funeral Home
Childress Cemetery
McCraw
Wheeler
Joe
Brownfield
Pull Apart War Machine in South Vietnam
AP Special Correspondent Hugh A. Mulligan reports that the vast Southeast Asia military effort in South Vietnam is rapidly dissolving without ceremony as closing notices spread nationwide. The piece notes the scaling back of forces and the quiet wind-down of operations across the region.
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Hugh A. Mulligan
Saigon
Southeast Asia
South Vietnam
Farmers Sign Up Period For 1973 Programs Ends March 16
Farmers in Childress County have until March 16 to enroll in the 1973 annual programs per ASCS official Gene Frisbie. Some cotton producers have not submitted 1972 yields, but may sign up now and later report yields. No set aside acres required for cotton or wheat in 1973. feed grain options include zero or 25 percent. Cropland Adjustment Program participants may graze or repay 30 percent of the average payment rate to end contracts. The piece also covers ongoing Vietnam pullout, with U.S. troops reduced to about 10,000 and cargo movements returning material home from Saigon toward U.S. ports.
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Childress County
Gene Frisbie
ASCS
U.S
Paris
Saigon
Korea
Cam Ranh Bay
Seoul
House Should Redistrict Itself In Texas
Rep. Fred Head leads the Texas House Redistricting Committee to draft a reapportionment bill after the Supreme Court case. He seeks individual seats for multimember districts, elimination of county line districts, and reducing the 9.9 percent population variance. Hearings could come within two weeks as lawmakers weigh avoiding a redistricting fight.
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Austin
Tex
House
Fred Head
Atty
John Hill
Head
Filibuster Threat Delayed Again in Texas Senate
In Austin AP reports the 63rd Texas Legislature postpones the first filibuster threat on a bill granting 18 year olds full legal rights to March 12 at 11 30 am. Sen. Bob Gammage D Houston seeks debate after caucus with opponents. The Senate also passes a resolution urging Congress to withhold funds for Vietnam era rebuilding until peace terms are observed.
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Austin
Texas
Bob Gammage
Houston
Gammage
Senate
House
Congress
Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Oil Test Abandoned Near Childress
Oil test northeast of Childress appears plugged and abandoned. Equipment was removed over the weekend and no announcement was made. The drillers listed the test as a tight hole and no information was released during drilling.
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Childress
Bush rules out Texas governor run amid lingering ambition
Former congressman and ambassador George Bush declared he would not run for governor of Texas but left open the possibility of changing his mind. He said he would remain chairman of the Republican National Committee for four years before returning to Houston to reassess his plans.
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Washington
George Bush
Texas
Bush
Houston
Senate
United Nations
Republican National Committee
Elks Lodge Briefing Set For Wednesday Meeting
Past Exalted Rulers of Childress Elks Lodge No 1113 gather at 7 p m Wednesday in the Chaparral Restaurant announced by president M K Wilcoxson.
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Childress Elks Lodge No. 1113
M. K. Wilcoxson
Sewer line cleaning begins in Childress city project
City Manager Louis Sally announced the start of a sewer line cleaning project in Childress. Diamond Re Serve-Al of Golden Colorado conducts the cleaning work on about 15 000 feet of piping.
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Childress
Louis Sally
Diamond Re Serve-Al of
Golden, Colo
Fire draws light damage at United Super Market site
Fire Department reports light damage from a small blaze in rock wool at the new United Super Market site around 11 45 a m yesterday.
Plea Guilty in County Court for Prohibited Weapon
Oran Braxton Brandon pleaded guilty to unlawfully carrying a prohibited weapon in County Court yesterday. He was fined 100 dollars and must pay court costs of 47 dollars.
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Oran’ Braxton
Brandon
Vernon Social Security rep to visit Childress Courthouse
Richard Lawhorn of the Vernon Social Security office will be at the Childress Courthouse at 10 a.m. Monday March 12 to take social security applications.
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Richard Lawhorn
Vernon Social Security Office
Childress
Bloodmobile to Visit Fair Park Auditorium March 20
The Red Cross Regional Blood Program in Wichita Falls announces the Bloodmobile will be at Fair Park Auditorium from 2 p.m. to 6 30 p.m. on March 20.
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Fair Park Auditorium
Red Cross
Wichita Falls
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